Crude-oil burner.



No. 703,282. Patented June 24,1902.

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CRUDE OIL BURNER.

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Patented June 24 I902.

J. A. LANDlS, W. A. JOHNSTONG L'W. BOSLEY.

CRUDE OIL BURNER.

(Application fileq. Dec. 7, 1901.)

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r'rnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. IJANDIS, \VILLIAM A. JOHNSTON, AND LEE \VOODEN BOSLEY, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.

CRUDE-OIL BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,282, dated June 24, 1902.

Application filed December '7, 1901. Serial No. 85,045. (No model.)

To all whom, it n'my concern.- bottom plates 9 overhanging the top plate 7. Beitknown thatwe, JOHN A. LANDI S, VIII- Said bottom plates 9 and the upper portion LIAM A. JOHNSTON, and LEE \VOODEN 130sof the burner-head or spreader are provided LEY, citizens of the United States, residing at with openings, as shown. Ignition-openings 55 Gainesville,in the county of Cookeand State 10 are here shown as in the front Wall 5 and of Texas, have invented a new and useful in one end wall of the box or body to enable a Crude-Oil Burner, of which the following is a burning match to be inserted in the drip-pan specification. to ignite oil therein and start the burner in Our invention is a crude-oil burner espeoperation. Suitable closures 11 are provided 1o cially adapted :for use in cooking and heatfor the said ignition-openings. An oil-feed i-ng stoves and in fireplaces; and it consists pipe 12is hereshown ashavingone end downin the peculiar construction and combination turned, passing through and secured to the of devices hereinafter fully set forth and said top plate 7,the saiddownturned discharge claimed. end of said feed-pipe being disposed at a suit- 15 In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is able distance above the drip-plate 6. The a sectional perspective view of a crude-oil said oil-feed pipe is adapted to feed oildrop by burner embodying our improvements. Fig.2 drop to the drip-plate and is provided with a is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a suitable needle or other form of valve 13 to vertical sectional view of a modified form of regulate the flow of the oil through the said 2c our invention. Fig. l is partly a top plan pipe.

view and partly a horizontal section of the In the operation of our invention after the same. a burner has been initially heated the oil is In the embodiment of our invention we provaporized by contact with the heated drip vide a box or body 1, which is preferably of plate 6 and the heated drip-pan 41 under the 25 rectangular form and may be of anysuitable same, the flame passing upwardly through dimensions and is provided on one side with a the flue 2 to the burner-head, Where it is flue 2, which extends vertically therein and spread. It will be understood that the air communicates at its" lower end with the inwhich is admitted to the burner through the terior of the box or body, as at 3. In the latspace between the drip-plate G and the top 3o ter is a drippan 4, which is here shown as seplate 7 becomes commingled with the vapor cured to the inner side of the flue Band as ex during its passage together with the vapor tending to within a suitable distance of the through the burner, hence facilitating the front side 5 of said box or body. On the combustion of the vapor. Y The combustion front side of the box or body, at the upper of the oil'and the vapor thereof is so nearly 3 5 edge thereof, is secured a laterally-inclined perfect that the burner requires very little atdrip-plate 6, which extends partially over the tention. To enable the parts of the burner drip-pan 4. A top plate 7 is here shown as to be disassembled to permit access to the insecured to the front side or wall of the flue 2 terior of the burner when it becomes necesand as extending over the drip-pan and dripsary to repair or clean the same, we provide 0 plate and as projecting some distance beyond the top plate 7 with a flangelil at its inner the front side of the box or body at a suitside,which engages and overhangs the upper able distance above the drip-plate, so that edge of the front wall of the flue 2, secure air can enter the space between thedrip-plate the front bottom plate 9 of the burner-head and the top plate 7, pass under the drip-plate, to the said flange 13, and form the upper por- 5 5 over the drip-pan into the box or body 5, untion 8 of the burner-head separately from the der the drip-pan, and upwardly through the bottom plates 9 thereof, so that the said upfiue 2. At the upper end of the fine is a perportion of the burner-head may be'readily spreader-head 8, which is preferably of trundetached from said bottom plates. The 1at cated pyramidal form in cross-section and ter are formed with vertical flanges 14 at their 10c 50 the bottom plates 9 of which project laterally outer edges, which flanges are upturned and in front and rear of the fine 2, one of said engage the sides of the upper portion of the burner-head to retain the same in place, as shown in the drawings. The ends of the top plate 7 are downturned, as at 15, to engage the ends of the box or body 1. The drip-plate 6 is formed at its outer edge with a downturned flange 16, which bears on the front Wall of the box or body. The said drip-plate is maintained at the necessary inclination over the drip-pan by supports, such as are shown at 17, on the end walls of the box or body.

We do not desire to limit ourselves to the precise construction and combination of devices herein shown and described, as it is evident that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of our invention.

In the modified form of ourinvention shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the casing 1 and flue 2 and drip-pan 4 are cylindrical in form, the drip plate 6 is of inverted conical or funnel shape, and the plate 7, which forms the cover of the casing, is of circular form and is perforated for the passage of air downwardly therethrough. The head 8 of the burner is of cy-' lindrical form, with its lower portion funnelshaped, and is provided with an outwardlyextending deflector-plate 20, that is disposed at a suitable distance above the cover-plate 7 of the casing. In the burner-head is a perforated spreader or diaphragm 21. This form of our invention is especially adapted for use in cylindrical heating-stoves of the common form, and when our burner is placed in such a stove a reducer-plate 22 is also used to cut off the draft in the upper portion of the stove and causeall the air admitted to the interior of the stove to pass through the burner in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3.

Having thus described our invention, we claim--- 1. A crude-oil burner comprising an outer casing, an escape-flue, a drip-pan in said casing and around which pan said flue passes, a drip-plate, to discharge into said drip-pan, means to feed oil to said drip-plate, and an air-inlet flue passing over and under said drip-plate and communicating with said escape-flue, substantially as described.

2. A crude-oil burner comprising a box or casing, an uptake-flue communicating with the lower portion thereof, a drip-pan disposed against the inner wall of said flue and above the bottom of said box or casing, a space being formed between said drip-pan and the proximate wall of said box or casing, a drip-plate above and discharging into said drip-pan and extending from said wall of said casing, whereby a downdraft-flue is formed under said dripplate and around said drip-pan, said downdraft-flue communicating with said uptake-flue, and means to feed oil on said drip-plate, substantially as described.

3. A crude-oil burner comprising a box or casing, a flue communicating with the lower portion thereof, a head or spreader at the upper end of said-flue, a drip-pan disposed against the inner Wall of said flue and abovethe bottom of said box or casing, a space being formed between said drip-pan and the proximate wall of said box or casing, a dripplate above and discharging into said drip- .pan, and extending from said wall of said casing, whereby a flue is formed under said drip-plate and around said drip-pan, said flue communicating with said first mentioned flue, a deflector above said drip-plate and means to feed oil on said drip-plate, substantially as described.

4. A crude-oil burner having a spreaderhead and an uptake leading thereto, a dripplate disposed at the intake of said flue, means to supply oil to said drip-plate, a drippan into which the drip-plate discharges, and a casing in which said drip-plate is inclosed, said casing having a downdraft-flue passing over and under said drip-plate, and communicating with the uptake-flue substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. LANDIS. WILLIAM A. JOHNSTON. LEE WOODEN BOSLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. HULEN, S. L. BALL. 

